MIT startup Striv developed tactile sensing technology for shoe inserts, used by elite athletes like USA marathoner Clayton Young and Jamaican Olympian Damar Forbes. Founder Axl Chen aims to bring this tech to the public after Paris 2024 Olympics, following success in VR gaming and interest from various industries.
Investors show uncertainty in tech stocks as Nvidia and Microsoft shares dip, while other chip stocks rise. Fears of overblown AI excitement lead to Nvidia's 7% drop, raising concerns over the direction of growth for key companies.
Summary: Learn how to optimize hardware for faster GPT-2 training on NVIDIA GPUs, with insights on timing code and setting batch sizes for maximum efficiency. Achieve significant speed gains (up to 10x) using an Ampere-series Nvidia GPU.
Researchers from MIT and the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab have developed Thermometer, a calibration method tailored to large language models, ensuring accurate and reliable responses across diverse tasks. Thermometer involves building a smaller model on top of the LLM, preserving accuracy while reducing computational costs, ultimately providing users with clear signals to determine a model's reliability.
AWS Japan's LLM Development Support Program aids innovative companies in leveraging large language models (LLMs) to drive progress and boost productivity. Ricoh's bilingual LLM training strategy showcases how organizations are transforming possibilities with generative AI on AWS.
NVIDIA and Zoox CEOs discuss AV innovation and collaboration, highlighting Zoox's unique robotaxi design and use of NVIDIA technology for autonomous capabilities. Zoox's simulation-driven approach, powered by NVIDIA GPUs, accelerates AV development and enhances safety and performance of its robotaxis.
AI is now writing cookbooks like Teresa J Blair's, with catchy titles and mouthwatering recipes. In just over a week, Teresa published four books, raising the question: Can AI truly replicate human chefs?
OpenAI introduces Advanced Voice Mode for ChatGPT Plus subscribers, enabling natural, real-time conversations with AI. Users impressed by feature's responsiveness, emotional cues, and realistic voice simulations.
Data Science Consulting: Overcoming challenges in collaborative environments. Strategies for successful project delivery. Addressing misunderstandings, lack of insight, and low productivity.
AI is making it easier for scammers to fool anyone, even tech-savvy individuals like Arwa Mahdawi in NYC. The story highlights the growing sophistication of AI in perpetuating scams, posing a challenge for individuals to stay vigilant.
Assigning experimental units to treatments is crucial, but can be complex. Hash spaces offer a simple solution for scalable, random assignments.
MIT CSAIL researchers developed RialTo, a system that creates digital twins for training robots in specific environments faster and more effectively. RialTo improved robot performance by 67% in various tasks, handling disturbances and distractions with ease.
Cloudflare's role in protecting websites from DDoS attacks sparks debate on free speech vs. enabling abuse. Spamhaus criticizes Cloudflare for serving sites with unresolved abuse complaints, raising questions on neutrality.
Graph databases, like Neo4j, bridge the gap between relational and flat data representations, making it easier to access information. Digital transactions are increasingly vulnerable to fraud, with a 149% global increase reported by TransUnion.
Australian universities are facing criticism for awarding degrees to students with poor English skills. Academics warn of devalued degrees due to pressure to pass cheating students to maintain revenue streams.